...experimental research they do is essential for producing effective drugs, and the animal rights activists believe that testing animals for advancements in medicine is not necessary. I believe that research using animals should continue as long as there is a reason for it to continue. Thanks to animal based research, to date millions of human lives have been saved. Animal testing is the only way to find out if vaccinations work for different diseases. We cannot just ask people off the streets to volunteer, as that would be morally and ethically wrong. At this time, scientific researchers have no alternatives for testing new drugs, as scientific computer modules can only do so much for testing. Also, the government has strong laws in place to ensure the health and welfare of test animals. As long as there is disease and sickness in the world, scientists will always be looking for the next cure and treatment options, so we will always need to have animal research. As long as the animals are treated humanely, I believe that it would be inhumane to the human race to stop animal research. Thanks to animal research, the advancements in disease control have been beneficial and should be able to continue in the future. Although animal research has saved thousands of human lives, it has remained a major controversy for several years even though scientific researchers have tried to ensure the well being of animals. Animal rights activists still deem it inhumane, even though...
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...“He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.” ― Immanuel Kant. Likewise, we can judge the amount of justice animals get in animal testing. While some believe animals should be tested on because it is necessary, most test on animals are not necessary, fail often, and are inhumane. Tests on animals are not necessary and are incorrect. First of all, most experiments are flawed; 87% of animal tests fail, causing animal lives to be sacrificed for nothing, according to procon.org. This means that people are being inconsiderate about wasted animals subjects. In the same fashion, 94% of drugs that pass animal tests fail in human clinical trials anyways. To add, there are many alternatives to animal testing, and new technology that does not require animal subjects. WIth all these failed tests, animals are dying for...
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...give you is that capital punishment is ultimate denial of human rights and that two wrongs don’t make a right. What this means is that by killing the person doesn’t change what he did and by killing him goes against everything we live for. Giving him the death penalty essentially says he is not a human and doesn’t not have right to live on this Earth. In my opinion this quote shows how amiss capital punishment is. The U.S hasn’t always practiced capital punishment but since it became recognized by the Constitution in 1776 there have been a total of 1281 executions. That is 1281 more people that have had their life decided on by fate and not by a group of jurors. Our justice system isn’t one hundred percent, which means we have no idea how many innocent people our justice system has murdered from capital punishment? Study’s say that thousands of people are falsely convicted each year even with our technology. I asked myself after I read that, why do we keep capital punishment then? If we are convicting that many innocent people and we know, what is the point to keep it? It makes our government look inhumane and like a half breed of Hitler and Ed Gein. Another sickening thought is what if the convict is mentally ill? They don’t need to put to death; they need help in a hospital, but even with the most advanced medicines and doctors you can’t always fix the illness. Is it fair that someone should be murdered just because they were unlucky enough to be born with a brain defect? In...
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...experimenting for their next scientific breakthrough. Ibn Zuhr (Avenzoar), an Arab physician in twelfth century Moorish Spain, introduced animal testing as an experimental method for testing surgical procedures before applying them to human patients (Hajar 2011). Many research associations claim that animal testing has been used in almost every single medical breakthrough within the last one hundred years. Laws have been passed in several countries to make this practice more “humane.” In reality, these laws are the bare minimum and do not truly make a difference for the animals that are being used for experimentations. Animal testing in the medical field needs to dissolve and ultimately come to an end because, it is cruel and inhumane, the results are not beneficial or accurate due to the differences amongst humans and animals and finally because there are many alternatives that can be used instead of animal testing. Animal testing is a cruel and inhumane practice that causes pain to those animals that are forced to participate. There is much research done,...
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...Have you ever felt the need to be in multiple places, but have to face the fact that there is only one of you? With cloning this can be possible! There has been much speculation in the world over the topic of cloning human beings. Most people are misinformed or just have lack of knowledge on the subject. Cloning humans could benefit us in a multitude of ways, especially in the fields of medical research, organ harvesting, the pursuit in creating the perfect soldier and in providing you extra help. Cloning can be extremely important with finding cures for those that are effected by the tragic diseases on this planet .“Cloning technology can be used to test for and perhaps cure genetic diseases. The above list only scratches the surface of...
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...Animal testing, the hidden tests on bunnies, cats, dogs, hamsters and other friendly potential family pets. For decades, animal testing has become a routine practice for brands all though it costs billions of dollars every year. Well-known brands such as MAC, make-up forever, Benefit, Maybelline, Revlon and Marc Jacobs support animal cruelty and by buying products from these brands you are supporting the inhumane practices that these companies allow. I mean how could any sane person look at the savage experiments they conduct on unsuspecting, innocent animals and think that this is a moral thing to do? For the sake of make-up? Cosmetic testing is just animal cruelty, disguised by a label on a foundation bottle, I believe it must be discontinued....
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...Other types of experiments include drug injection into sheep, cattle and other livestock to see if more milk can be produced or enlarge the animal for more meat. Testing on humans is okay after we give our consent, but no one asks for the consent of all other animals. What gives us the right to do this to them?(Home) No one deserves to be experimented on and it's very inhumane. To be honest, when you even ask the experimenters what they feel on the subject, their answers might just be because they hate animals. “Ask the experimenters why they experiment on animals and their answer is, ‘Because the animals are like us.’ Ask the experimenters why it is morally okay to experiment on animals, and the answer is, ‘Because the animals are not like us.’ Animal experimentation rests on a logical contradiction.” ---Charles R. Magel(Home). If you ask them what they think every answer varies but ends pretty much being the same. If they have least some feeling towards the animals that are experimented on then they don't show it. French philosopher René Descartes was an early advocate of experimentation. In 1637, in his Discourse on the Method, he recommends to those not...
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...Chinese fur farms have yet to treat the animals ethically. Many efforts by global organizations such as PETA have been made to ban fur trading with china but despite that the fur trade with china has only strengthened and become a larger, lucrative powerful monopoly. Period. 8 - Blackmon Areas of Knowledge History Human Sciences Ethics Ways of Knowing Perception Emotion Reasoning Topic A – History (Politics) What political involvement does the U.S. have with the Chinese fur trade? What policies are implemented within China & the United States that deals with the protection of animals? UN, and the EU primarily deal with political issues regarding the fur trade. Federal Fur Labeling Act Law Topic A Counterclaim Why do the UN and EU feel the need to implement laws on China regarding the ethical treatment of animals? Foreign nations have no right to urge animal cruelty laws imposing their beliefs on China. Topic B Counterclaim Topic B – Human Science (Economy) The Chinese fur trade has become a large monopoly that has gained control of most of the east pacific supply of fur. They maximize profit at the expense of the animals. The largest consumers of fur are North America and Northern Europe. Furs are mislabeled causing the consumers to distinguish between fake and real fur. Furs are also labeled as fake due to the surplus amount of furs. In reaction to Paul...
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...procedures and drugs. Scientists have been solving medical problems, developing new techniques and treatments, and curing diseases by using animals in biomedical research. Animal rights advocates believe that animals should not be exploited by humans, and that animals have the same rights as humans. Anti-vivisectionists oppose the use of animals in medical research. They believe that medical researchers are cruel and inhumane. Animal Welfare does not oppose all use of animals in research. They oppose inhumane and unnecessary use of animals and fight to eliminate pain and suffering of animals. On the Contrary, scientists argue that animal research is necessary because it helps them develop medications, vaccines, or new procedures to treat or prevent diseases for both humans and animals. Most research projects either do not involve pain or the pain is alleviated with analgesic or anesthetic drugs. They understand that pain causes stress for the animals, and this stress can seriously affect the results of the study. With all these controversies about this issue, why are animals necessary in research? Because animals make good research subjects. Animals are biologically similar to humans. In fact, chimpanzees share more than 99% of DNA with humans and mice share more than 98% DNA with humans, therefore, animals are susceptible to many of the same health problems as humans. Animals have a shorter life cycle than humans and as a result, they can...
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...Many animals go through torturous testing on a day to day basis that they cannot help, nor can they defend themselves. Since Ancient Greek times, animals have been undergoing cruel and inhumane medical testing that should not be done for the benefits of the human race. Animal testing is wrong because it is cruel, costly, harmful to animals, unreliable, and outdated. Animal testing has been around since the times of the Ancient Greeks. Between seventeen million and twenty-two million animals are used for biomedical research each year (Leepson). Many believe that animals do have rights, and there are many organizations out there to trying to ensure their safety and help them get out of the horrible treatments they endure. For example, the ASPCA, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, has been around since 1866 trying to curb the gruesome treatment of humans to animals. The ASPCA tries to prevent the abuse and neglecting of animals around the nation. They set up shelters for animals and they give vaccines and anything else they may need. The different types of animals being tested are endless; from mice to sheep, they all serve their own purpose in the medical field. Even though these animals have helped scientist break through some medical mysteries, it is still inhumane how they have to suffer in confined quarters. The CAFO, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, raise animals in small living spaces for their meet, food, and waste. Chickens, for example...
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...dilemmas. problems, and/or controversies in punishment that we face in today's justice system? Address a minimum of three. Furthermore, what can to done to draw attention to these issues? What are some possible solutions and/or policy implications that can address the ethical dilemmas/problems/controversies you selected? Lastly, in your opinion, why are these issues more "important" that others that we covered this semester? The 1970s War on Drugs is one of the most important ethical issues that we face in today’s justice system. The War on Drugs is more important than others because it has many negative trickling effects from the shift to punitive policies. The War on Drugs has made America the leader in incarceration rates (Banks 2005:114). These high incarceration rates within America have also led to overcrowding, racial bias, increase in women in prison, and many other negative effects. The public does need to be educated on the negative effects from the War on Drugs in order to push for change in our punitive policies for non-violent drug offenders. In order to change these negative effects, America needs to get rid of mandatory minimums and the three strikes laws. These laws are placing many non-violent drug offenders in prison. These offenders are in need of substance abuse treatment in order to stop the vicious recidivism cycle. Wrongful conviction is another very important ethical issue that we are facing in today’s justice system. Wrongful convictions...
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...Animal Testing: A Reasonable Stance Animals can give us love and happiness when we are caring for them as pets, but what else can animals give us? Over the past century animals have also given us vaccines, drugs, and more that have kept our society healthy and safe from deadly infections, all due to animal testing. But are the welfare of animals something that should be risked to make our lives better? The issue of animal testing has caused an ongoing battle in our society that deals with both science and animal rights. There are those who favor it because it is allows for scientific progress, and there are those who oppose it because it is the ethically right thing to do. Both sides have valid arguments, which most people choose to side with one or the other. With a better understanding of each side of the issue, animal testing, we can conceive a credible truth. The complex issue of animal testing is one that should not be researched in a bias way. One must explore both and all sides of the argument to come to a valid conclusion. While I have yet to find a piece of writing that equally argues both sides of animal testing, the combined research I have done on both sides of the spectrum allows for a solid foundation for this discussion. These two stances on animal testing are opposite not only in position on the issue, but also in reasoning. The side for animal testing is reasoning on the means of science and research used to develop new medical treatment, while the side against...
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...have no say in what we can do to them. The animals go through severe suffrage for our needs. There are many negative outcomes of animal testing, but there are alternatives we could be using instead of living creatures. Animals should not be used for the testing of products. What is animal testing? Animal testing is the testing in which humans practice medical procedures on animals. Cosmetics and bath products are usually tested on the animals, and are the most common tests. These experiments can lead to death, and severe injuries....
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...would measure success in meeting these objectives / of these strategies. You should critically discuss the problems that international companies may face, when they have multiple objectives (considering economic, social and / or environmental aspects) and the use of the balanced scorecard approach for making strategic decisions. 1) What objectives/strategies can be set 2) How it would measure success in meeting these objectives/strategies Introduction Introduction of the company+ introducing sustainability and why is important, why we chose it. (10 lines) The Japanese company Elecdyne produces a range of electronic products. The Elecdyne management team have internationalised mainly in order to obtain production cost reductions, access to technological expertise (to allow them to avoid reliance on large multinationals), and access to new markets. They want to create a coherent international management strategy. Elecdyne needs to take into account the issue of sustainability when it comes to...
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...When you are picking out your eyeliner, chapstick, or any kind of medical products, have you ever stopped to wonder, “On what are these products tested?” You could be supporting animal cruelty without even be aware of it. The majority of the medications that we are provided with today have been tested on animals before being introduced onto the market . Using animals in scientific research has forever since been a controversial topic for heated debates. Despite the fact that we often benefit from successful animal experimentation, the pain and death that hundreds of millions of animals are suffering from are not worth the welfare of human beings. In addition, many forward-thinking-scientists have developed alternatives that replace the use of animals and furthermore, provides more accurate data to the study of human health and diseases. Therefore, I believe...
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